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Characterization of Novel Cross-Reactive Influenza B Virus Hemagglutinin Head Specific Antibodies That Lack Hemagglutination Inhibition Activity.
Journal of virology - 9 Nov 2020
Kirkpatrick Ericka, Henry Carole, McMahon Meagan, Jiang Kaijun, Strohmeier Shirin, van Bakel Harm, Wilson Patrick C, Krammer Florian
Abstract excerpt
Humoral immune responses to influenza virus vaccines in elderly individuals are poorly adapted toward new antigenically drifted influenza virus strains. Instead, older individuals respond in an original antigenic sin fashion and produce much more cross-reactive but less potent antibodies. Here, we investigated four influenza B virus hemagglutinin (HA) head specific, hemagglutination inhibition-inactive monoclonal...
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